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Music Instruction in the Elementary School 45
(4) The orchestra and its music. (See "Making
Friends with Orchestral Instruments," page 48.)
Make a chart showing the instruments of each
family or section as one group.
Make a large seating plan of a symphony or-chestra,
showing where the players of each sort
of instrument are seated. On this seating plan
can be made a model of an orchestra. Chairs may
be made of cardboard or wood, players and con-ductor
of paper or some plastic material, or pic-tures
of players can be cut from published sheets
or drawn and cut out, and mounted on the seating
plan.
Find pictures of instruments of each family or
section and make a poster for each family; or
make a scrapbook (as a class project), mounting
each picture *on a separate page and writing a
description of the instrument on the opposite
page.
Have a "make-believe'' orchestra. To various
pupils are assigned the instruments heard in the
music chosen, and during the playing each of the
pupils plays his instrument in pantomime when
he hears it in the music.
(5) Composers.
Read stories about the composers studied.
Sing songs and hear compositions written by
these composers.
Make scrapbooks about these composers and
their music.
Write and give a play about one of the com-posers
being studied.
Give a program for other grades to hear, made
up of music and stories concerned with one or
more of these composers.
(6) Dances.
Play "Who is Dancing?"—recognizing the kind
of dance when hearing the music, using dances
studied in lower grades as well as the polonaise,
tarantella, and bolero.

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Music Instruction in the Elementary School 45
(4) The orchestra and its music. (See "Making
Friends with Orchestral Instruments," page 48.)
Make a chart showing the instruments of each
family or section as one group.
Make a large seating plan of a symphony or-chestra,
showing where the players of each sort
of instrument are seated. On this seating plan
can be made a model of an orchestra. Chairs may
be made of cardboard or wood, players and con-ductor
of paper or some plastic material, or pic-tures
of players can be cut from published sheets
or drawn and cut out, and mounted on the seating
plan.
Find pictures of instruments of each family or
section and make a poster for each family; or
make a scrapbook (as a class project), mounting
each picture *on a separate page and writing a
description of the instrument on the opposite
page.
Have a "make-believe'' orchestra. To various
pupils are assigned the instruments heard in the
music chosen, and during the playing each of the
pupils plays his instrument in pantomime when
he hears it in the music.
(5) Composers.
Read stories about the composers studied.
Sing songs and hear compositions written by
these composers.
Make scrapbooks about these composers and
their music.
Write and give a play about one of the com-posers
being studied.
Give a program for other grades to hear, made
up of music and stories concerned with one or
more of these composers.
(6) Dances.
Play "Who is Dancing?"—recognizing the kind
of dance when hearing the music, using dances
studied in lower grades as well as the polonaise,
tarantella, and bolero.